CEO recently hosted its Fourth Annual Civil Rights Fellowship in Washington, D.C. CEO Fellows heard from a variety of experts in constitutional and civil rights law and history as well as receiving media training. Our instructors included:
- Craig Trainor, Nominee Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Eric Dreiband, Former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Department of Justice
- Kenneth Marcus, Former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education
- Gail Heriot, Commissioner, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Professor of Law, University of San Diego Law School
- Maimon Schwarzschild, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
- Jason Riley, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal and CEO Board Member
- Ilya Shapiro, Director of Constitutional Studies, Manhattan Institute
- Mike Gonzalez, Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation
- Linda Chavez, Founder & Chairman, CEO
- Rachel Morrison, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Mark Perry, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, and Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Michigan
- Stephen Kent, Media Director, Consumer Choice Center
- Elizabeth Busch, Professor of Politics and Co-Director of Christopher Newport University’s Center for American Studies








